The City of Tshwane (CoT) said this week that the Madibeng Municipality owes CoT R208 million but that there were ongoing engagements about a settlement arrangement.

Many residents on the northern side of the dam have reported strange underground 'rumblings' over the past weeks.

Following repeated pressure by Madibeng municipal councillors in Hartbeespoort for the Madibeng Municipality to address the deterioration of roads in Hartbeespoort, the Madibeng Municipality said last week it had ordered material to repair the roads.

Madibeng Municipal Manager Quiet Kgatla, who was suspended in March, brought an urgent application to the Labour Court of South Africa for the suspension to be declared unlawful and for him to be reinstated immediately.

Three senior officials of the Madibeng municipality were suspended on allegegations of financial misconduct during a council meeting last week.

Madibeng mayor Douglas Maimane, who is currently on a month’s special leave, demanded in a letter to the council that the acting mayor was not allowed to use the mayoral perks during his absence.

The Madibeng Municipality has been in turmoil for the past two weeks following the suspension of the municipal manager and the mayor suddenly going on special leave.

Madibeng municipal manager Quiet Kgatla is staying in office following allegations of financial conduct after the Madibeng council resolved that the allegations were exaggerated and baseless.

Madibeng mayor Douglas Maimane, who is being investigated by the Public Protector for allegations of nepotism, said the allegations appear to be politically motivated and intended to tarnish his name and reputation.

During a special Madibeng council meeting on Monday, the newly appointed municipal manager Quiet Kgatla was given seven days to provide reasons why a precautionary suspension should not be effected.

The whole Sonop community near Brits has been living without electricity for over two months and following repeated protests in Sonop over the past week, the Department of Public Works and Roads finally met with community members last week to discuss the electricity crisis.

After more than five years, the Madibeng Local Municipality eventually appointed a municipal manager.

While residents fear a blackout in Hartbeespoort due to Madibeng Municipality’s failure to pay its outstanding debt of R129 million to the City of Tshwane, the Madibeng Council heard this week that the municipality owes its creditors over R1.3 billion.

The Madibeng Municipality has a week to settle its R129 million City of Tshwane debt before the lights are switched off in Hartbeespoort.

Hartbeespoort residents are waiting with bated breath to see if the City of Tshwane (CoT) will cut the electricity supply to Hartbeespoort following its refusal last week to accept the Madibeng Municipality's proposal to pay off its R129 million arrears debt.

The Madibeng Municipality said this week that all prepaid meters should be compliant and ready for the TID rollover this Sunday, 24 November.

The City of Tshwane confirmed on Thursday that the electricity supply to Hartbeespoort will be disconnected if the Madibeng Municipality does not cough up R129 million.

The construction of a Vodacom tower on top of the Randwater main line and a valve at Sediba Plaza is seriously compromising Madibeng Municipality's attempts to address water problems in the area.

Madibeng is one of several municipalities in the North West that cumulatively owe water boards over R2 billion.

With the deadline for replacing prepaid electricity meters looming next month, residents in the Madibeng municipal area are getting panicky because their meters have not been replaced yet.

Madibeng Municipality has been classified as a "distressed", or dysfunctional, municipality according to a recent parliamentary response by Velenkosini Hlabisa, Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA).

The Madibeng Municipality reacted strongly in the past week after the Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) warned employees that they may not be able to withdraw funds from their pension funds under the new two-pot system, listing employers, among them Madibeng, who did not pay over contributions to pension funds.

The Madibeng Municipality owes Eskom over R1 billion, the power utility told Kormorant this week.

It was discovered that years of continuous raw sewage spillage on the shore into the Hartbeespoort Dam had caused a compacted sewage bank stretching over 100 metres.

A Brits resident has been engaged in a legal battle with the Madibeng municipality for the past six years to get them to stop municipal sewage pollution on his property, and despite court orders ...

This year's Auditor General report on municipalities was kinder to Madibeng Municipality compared to previous years.

Following reports that the Public Protector will re-investigate the probe into Madibeng Mayor Douglas Maimane’s charity golf day in 2022, the municipality said this week that the office of the mayor was made aware of the review of the investigation.

With 84 days to go before old electricity prepaid meters stop working, the Madibeng Municipality still has to replace 21 000 out of 28 000 meters.

Following an operation to remove illegal vendors along the R511 in Hartbeespoort, the Madibeng Municipality said operations such as these would continue.

The South African National Roads Agency (SANRAL), Madibeng Municipality, the police and traffic department clamped down on illegal vendors along the R511 in Hartbeespoort on Wednesday.